Pentimento

A sign or trace of an alteration in a literary or artistic work; (spec. in Painting) a visible trace of a mistake or an earlier composition seen through later layers of paint on a canvas.
“pentimento, n.” OED Online. Oxford University Press, September 2016. Web. 24 October 2016.

Since I don’t have any willing volunteers to model for me, I spent most of the weekend playing Red Dead Redemption and GTA V trying to study clothing and shapes with drawing in mind. My mum and grandfather were fairly involved in the textile industry, so clothing design has been something that I grew up learning about. What is interesting is to study historical clothing making tools so that I draw articles of clothing that are possible with the technology that I am trying to write for and still have it functional.

I learned lots about the history of hair pins, which we all take for granted, but have been an important part of fashion and culture. Without giving too much away, I want to say that it is really neat to learn how technology has affected how people feel about dressing and presenting themselves.